E. C. Koopa

E. C. Koopa

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  • E. C. Koopa
    My dad and his friend Mark actually got me to really love a song from 2020. I didn't think that would be possible.
    E. C. Koopa
    Wait, wasn't December 24 a week ago? Does time not exist? Am I going to have to keep being anxious until tomorrow? Do I need to get psychiatric help with my anxiety?
    E. C. Koopa
    E. C. Koopa
    Yeah I just need psychiatric help with my anxiety. It's killing me so bad right now. I can't even open a DM because my anxiety is so bad.
    E. C. Koopa
    I have plans for today but it's going to be really hard not to constantly check my DMs to see what the Shroom team thinks of my writing.
    E. C. Koopa
    E. C. Koopa
    Don't get me wrong, I'm really proud of the story I wrote, it's just my fear of being hated for everything I do.
    Hooded Pitohui
    Hooded Pitohui
    I can understand the anxiety, and I know it's not easy to stop yourself from checking things when you're anticipating a message (I've found myself checking DMs over and over in other situations), but, if you can distract yourself with something, I'd recommend it. You should enjoy the New Year's Eve, find something that will relax you or at least give you a boost in your mood.

    (And, for what it's worth, applications tend to get closed out and sent off in the later evenings in the EST time zone. If nothing else, you can narrow down the window you're left anticipating a message.)
    E. C. Koopa
    E. C. Koopa
    Hopefully I'll be playing Jackbox and maybe some VR this afternoon so that should help. I'm just glad you all have been so nice with how horribly anxious I've been. I really hope you all liked my writing, even if the application doesn't go through.
    E. C. Koopa
    My boyfriend got his booster today and his arm hurts. Someone please tell him to stop laying right on top of it.
    E. C. Koopa
    I've never been called out harder by a stranger on Twitter than I was just now by "the neurodivergent urge to hide in the bathroom to take a break from social gatherings."
    E. C. Koopa
    I just had the idea to do like, a combination RP/CYOA thing on here so I can get some practice doing the serial update style.
    E. C. Koopa
    I'm supposed to hear back from the Shroom team I believe on Friday and it's fucking killing me. Goddamn unreasonable fear of everyone hating everything I do.
    Waluigi Time
    Waluigi Time
    Trust me the 'Shroom team is very nice and cool, even if an application gets rejected they give feedback and suggestions on how to improve
    E. C. Koopa
    E. C. Koopa
    Don't worry, I know that, I've written for the Shroom before.

    ...don't read it, it's awful. But for the short time I did, I worked a lot with Stooben Rooben and he was extremely nice. My fear is coming from my irrational fear of being hated for everything I do. It's nothing against the team.
    E. C. Koopa
    Is it a social anxiety thing to say literally anything and be like "oh my god, everyone is going to tell me how much they hate me and don't care about what I have to say"?
    I'm the lil bro.
    I'm the lil bro.
    I think everyone worries a little bit about other people's responses from time to time. It starts counting as a disorder when that fear is debilitating enough that it's getting in the way of your life and difficult to manage.
    E. C. Koopa
    "What percentage of people online are looking at the forum list right now" is a fun game I like to play sometimes.
    E. C. Koopa
    I woke up to 42 retweets and 222 likes which is definitely more of a hit tweet than I've had all year so I consider it a win.
    Will Solace
    Will Solace
    Being constantly super excited that people care about something you posted on Twitter can start to lead to worsened mental health and other negative effects on your life though
    E. C. Koopa
    E. C. Koopa
    I'm more just annoyed that I keep getting notifications I have to clear. I'm one of those people who gets irrationally upset when people have a ton of notifications on the top bar so it bothers me when I keep getting them.
    E. C. Koopa
    I get that me and my dad's real life friend is just as into 80s music as I am but I didn't expect him to show up replying to me when I was replying to FTG of all people.
    E. C. Koopa
    I'm so fucking desperate for some physical interaction with someone my age. All I want right now is to spend a day with someone who isn't more than ten years older than me that would play Mario Party with me and let me cuddle with them.
    E. C. Koopa
    You gotta love it. My mom throws insults at literally everyone else but then gets upset at me for jokingly calling her a jerk.
    E. C. Koopa
    God, that story I wrote yesterday is easily one of my proudest works and I wish you could all read it right now. I'm not usually super proud of the things I write but even I think I did a good job.
    E. C. Koopa
    I had a fun dream where I was pretending to work at Walmart and trying not to be caught as a faker.
    E. C. Koopa
    Coffee cake muffins, a long story written, and no mom. I'm feeling okay today.
    E. C. Koopa
    E. C. Koopa
    Never mind. I hate to sound ungrateful but I got some presents from my mom and they're all based on a game I don't like.
    E. C. Koopa
    So yeah, that story ended up being 2200 words. Definitely thinking it would be too long for the Shroom but even if it is, I still want to share it.
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    E. C. Koopa
    E. C. Koopa
    I definitely don't think I could break it up, I would have had to write it with that intention in order to put in breaking points. I'll shoot you an application and if you like it, I'm very flexible.
    Diamant
    Diamant
    Looking at my own section "The Odyssey of a Squid", my longest one was 1800 words, which is not far away from yours. So no, I don't think you should worry about it being too long, and we don't have a strict minimum or maximum length for section actually. To quote our Manual of Style, a key element to a good section is making it long enough to fully develop and complete your ideas and not much longer than that.

    If is ever too long, we'll just request you to divide it into several parts. There is always a way to strike a good balance. 👍
    E. C. Koopa
    E. C. Koopa
    Whatever you end up thinking of it, you have an application in your inbox and I hope you like it because I know I do. I was really proud of it when I finished writing it.
    E. C. Koopa
    Maybe 1000+ words is a bit much for a single story in the Shroom but I'm still having a lot of fun writing it.
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    Mags
    Mags
    The entirety of World of Plight up to this point is almost 20,000 words so I think you're good. (This is not counting anything written that hasn't been published, and that pushes it from around 18,000 to about 24,000.)
    E. C. Koopa
    E. C. Koopa
    This is one single story though. Isn't World of Plight broken up into a bunch of different parts?
    Mags
    Mags
    Yep. It's been running for almost two years now.
    E. C. Koopa
    Apparently my mom has such a big ego that I can't even get annoyed at her without her talking down to me.
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